He says that when he arrived at the intersection of Central American Boulevard, he was stopped by 2 police officers. What happened next, if true, is outrageous by any standard. He says that one of the officers pulled a gun and brutalized him. He then kicked him into the canal, and after the officers released him with no charge, they stole several hundred dollars from him. While explaining the entire encounter, he was so furious that at times, he could barely talk, but he walked us through the entire ordeal. Here's how he described it:

Tremane Ciego
"He punch me in my face and I fell like this on the ground and he beat up me down here on the street. When I pick up my bike I ask the man where is my money. The man says that he doesn't have any money to give you because you will die right now. The man put me down here on the ground and he stomp me in my chest and that's why my chicken and my juice is right there in the drain. I can show you my chicken and my juice down there; a soft drink and 4 chicken legs - I'll show you. They beat me bad down there for no reason. The officer told me to raise up my hands and I did and I told him that I didn't do anything. It's not like I was fighting against him or something like that. The police mobile came and the sergeant (I don't want to call the sergeant's name) save my life because I already knew that the officer would have shot me right down there. The officer told the sergeant that he will kill me, that I am lucky. After that I went to the station and the officer was still threaten to kill me. He told me that when he meets me out here off duty that he will kill me."

Daniel Ortiz
"How do you know that this man was drunk?"

Tremane Ciego
"You could have seen. As he pointed his firearm he was trembling. I can show you my police record, I don't have a criminal record. I went to buy a six dollars leg and an orange juice and a stout that I was drinking. The officer felt that I was drunk and that's why he searched me and when I told him about my money he told me that he will kill me and then he stomp me in the drain and that's why my chicken and my juice ended up there. I work hard for my money. I go to work every day. I am tired of this. He passed my house every evening and in the morning. He sees me and he knows me. When I ask him for my money he says that he will give me a run. He crack the gun in my head and tells me that I will die."

For the record we note, that the police record he showed us, which he recently got to apply to the BDF as a recruit, shows that he has a clean criminal record.

Ciego has made an official complaint to the professional standards branch, and police sources told us that 2 police officers have been detained.